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Culturally Informed Therapy for Muslims
A Group-Based Intervention
- 1st Edition - August 1, 2025
- Authors: Amy Weisman de Mamani, Merranda McLaughlin, Salman Shaheen Ahmad, Genesis Saenz-Escalante
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 0 2 6 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 0 2 7 - 0
There are currently over 3 million Muslims living in the United States and that number is rapidly rising. Muslims frequently face Islamophobia, hate crimes and discrimination… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThere are currently over 3 million Muslims living in the United States and that number is rapidly rising. Muslims frequently face Islamophobia, hate crimes and discrimination leading to depression and anxiety and a higher rate of suicide. Culturally Informed Therapy for Muslim Americans: A Group Based Intervention provides evidence-based interventions designed to specifically to help Muslims with a broad range of mental disorders and symptoms, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression. This book reviews the literature on the mental health of Muslims and outlines a step-by-step, cognitive behavioral approach tailored to meet their unique needs. The five modules of Culturally Informed Therapy Collectivism will be presented including: Psychoeducation, Spirituality, Communication Training, and Problem-Solving. Detailed case examples to help illustrate each of the modules will also be included.
• Provides step by step approach to delivering cultural informed therapy in group formats
• Includes detailed case study examples
• Presents chapters on tailoring exercises for specific types of therapy group
• Includes detailed case study examples
• Presents chapters on tailoring exercises for specific types of therapy group
Students and clinicians in psychology and psychiatry; researchers in psychology
- No. of pages: 300
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 1, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443240263
- eBook ISBN: 9780443240270
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Amy Weisman de Mamani
Amy Weisman de Mamani is a Professor at the University of Miami and a licensed clinical psychologist. She earned her doctorate at The University of Southern California and completed her clinical internship at UCLA. Her research is focused on family and cultural factors that influence the course and outcome of serious mental illness. She has published approximately 100 manuscripts in areas related to mental illness. In 2021, she published a treatment manual on her Culturally Informed Therapy for Schizophrenia, in the Treatments that Work Series by Oxford University Press. Her research has been funded by NIMH, The John Templeton foundation, APA, and other agencies. In 2018, she was the recipient of the Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology by APA’s Division 12 (Clinical Psychology). In 2021, she received the Trailblazer Award from ABCT’s Psychosis and Schizophrenia Spectrum Special Interest Group.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, University of Miami, Florida, USAMM
Merranda McLaughlin
Merranda McLaughlin, M.S. is a PhD Candidate at the University of Miami, supervised by Dr. Weisman de Mamani. Merranda has seven years of experience working with serious mental illness (SMI) populations, and over four years as a clinician. Her research encompasses Muslim mental health and culturally informed therapy for SMI, with her recent work examining help-seeking, therapeutic preferences, stigma, and religious coping among Muslims.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, University of Miami, Florid, USAGS
Genesis Saenz-Escalante
Dr. Genesis is a second-year clinical psychology Ph.D. student at the University of Miami, supervised by Dr. Weisman de Mamani. Her interests lie at the intersection of psychology and culture and how it relates to suicidal ideation. She is currently completing her master’s thesis proposal, titled “Chisme, Self-Disclosure of Sexual Orientation, Homonegativity, and Suicidal Ideation in Latine Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals.” Genesis’s clinical interests include spiritually integrated, culturally informed therapy, and serious mental illness.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, University of Miami, Florida, USA